Met Police officer charged with Sarah Everard murder appears in court for first time

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Metropolitan Police officer made his first crown court appearance by video link from Belmarsh top security jail in south London, with members of Ms Everard’s family also joining the hearing by video link.Mr Couzens was wearing a red sweatshirt and grey jogging bottoms and spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth.Prosecutor Tom Little QC said the circumstances of the case had led to a “very significant and wide-ranging investigation" and that the case had attracted an “almost

death of Sarah Everard. Campaigners were given an ultimatum to go home or be arrested as dozens were stopped over breaching coronavirus restrictions.

The Prime Minister backed the Met chief ahead of chairing a meeting of the Government’s Crime and Justice Taskforce on Monday to discuss ways to protect women and girls from violence, with Dame Cressida among the attendees.Amid a storm of criticism over the Met’s handling of a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard in London Labour and SNP MPs are rallying to vote against the government’s Policing and Crime Bill and to confront Home Secretary Priti Patel in the Commons.Speaking ahead of his meeting

police 'grabbed and manhandled' women at the Sarah Everard vigil.Huge crowds chanted 'shame on you' at cops outside of Scotland Yard today, before marching to Parliament Square this evening.It comes after demonstrators demanded greater public safety for women after the death of 33-year-old Sarah last night.Cops were seen pinning women down and dragging them away as they gathered in memory of the tragic marketing executive.Now furious protesters have walked to Downing Street to challenge the

direct to your inboxLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has called for an independent investigation into the Metropolitan Police's actions at a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard.

Sarah Everard vigil is calling for protest.Patsy Stevenson was among four to be held down by officers amid clashes with demonstrators at a bandstand in London on Saturday evening.Hundreds of women gathered at Clapham Common despite a planned vigil being cancelled over pressure from Met Police. It was in memory of the murdered 33-year-old, whose death has sparked outrage across the UK, according to The Mirror.

direct to your inboxThe serving Metropolitan Police officer accused of murdering Sarah Everard has been remanded in custody following his first court appearance.Police constable Wayne Couzens, 48, is charged with kidnapping and killing the 33-year-old marketing executive, who went missing while walking home from a friend's flat in south London on March 3.Her body was found hidden in an area of woodland in Ashford, Kent, on Wednesday.Mr Couzens appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on